Paperback, 290mm x 222mm , 176pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Very Good/NoWrapper. Book is clean with little or no wear. Includes ephemeral 2-page review of the Hammershøi exhibition by Julian Bell from the Guardian 28/06/2008. Excellent review of the life and work of a Danish artist who lived from 1854 to 1916, produced to accompany a major 2008 exhibition in London and Tokyo. Fully illustrated throughout with Hammershøi's sti... View more info

Hardback, 19cm x 17cm red cloth boards, black titles, first thus, 154pp. Colour illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +++/Fair. Gift Inscription. Bright, clean, tight and solid. Small faint stain to top of block. Dustwrapper is clean with little wear, but rear has two significant tears, with a 5sq cm area of damage to top. Rear edge also darkened evenly. With 74 pages of text and 80 pages of colour plates, this is a rewarding look at the artistic representatio... View more info

Hardback, 285mm x 247mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 160pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Very Good/Good +++. Three small speckles on top block edge, book otherwise tight, bright and clean. Dustwrapper has been handled, minimal edgewear. A stunning review of the work of perhaps the greatest of all landscape painters - the 17th century Frenchman Claude Lorrain. With 130 illustrations, 50 in full colour. Catalogue: Art... View more info

Hardback, 235mm x 170mm light blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 96pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Good/Good +. Book has been well read, board and spine faded around edges, differential fading to endpapers, some light wear from handling. Dustwrapper has some light wear to edges and from handling. A Ward Lock Collectors Monograph which offers a generously illustrated guide to the English sporting print of the period c.1775-1875. Catalogue: Art... View more info

Hardback, 287mm x 250mm dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 160pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/Good +++. Book is in very good condition save for some dampening to bottom corners of pages throughout. No staining but some light crinkling where so affected. Dustwrapper (now protected) has a single chip to top of spine, still very good condition. Price sticker on front flap. Large-scale a... View more info

Hardback, 204mm x 142mm brown card boards, black titles, , vii prelims, 78pp. Colour illustrations.Fair/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped and frayed with some staining, block edges grubby from handling, also ragged as cut, differential fading to endpapers, some isolated grubbiness to a few pages but overall clean with plates bright. No date or edition stated but a date c.1905 seems likely for this short-compass review of the life and work of a significant 18th-century... View more info

Paperback, 282mm x 201mm , 314pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/NoWrapper. Private library sticker on inner front cover. Paperback has been well read, with creasing of spine, chipping to edges, but pages stiull clean and unmarked. Hefty illustrated catalogue of American art to be found at the Carnegie in 1985, covering the years from West to Rothko and beyond, with detailed accompanying narrative b... View more info

Hardback, 285mm x 224mm decorated boards, 124pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Near Fine/Good +++. Book is near fine. Dustwrapper is clean with minimal wear only, some handling of rear. Originally published in 1989, this is a beautifully illustrated guide to a giant figure of French Art Nouveau design. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: France, Nouveau, Gallé, ceramics This book is unusually heavy or large and m... View more info

Paperback, 205mm x 150mm , 319pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +++/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book has been read, spine a little creased and covers a little tanned at edges but overall still tight with pages bright and impressively colourful. From The World of Art General Series, this is a fine T&H history of art from the earliest times to to the 20th century. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: Art, ... View more info

Hardback, 297mm x 230mm grey cloth boards, gilt titles, , xxxiv prelims, 120pp. plus appendix/appendicies, Black and white illustrations. Good +/Fair. Owners inscription. Private Library sticker on front endpaper. Book is right, clean and solid, maybe just a little darkened with age. Dustwrapper (now protected and secured) has wear around edges and loss to top rear corner, but still presentable. No date or edition given for this collection of native drawings from Norw... View more info

Hardback, 304mm x 216mm blue cloth boards, gilt titles, second edition, 208pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +/Good +. Boards have some fading/discolouring. Block clean and unmarked. Dustwrapper has been handled. Single tear to top of spine by front. Large-scale illustrated guide to the work of Constable, produced by the Tate to accompany a major 1976 exhibition. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: Constable, T... View more info

Hardback, 24cm x 16cm maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 210pp. plus index, Good +/Fair. Spien bumped, block a little darkened by age and handling, pages otherwise clean. Dustwrapper has been handled and has a tear at bottom of front. Intriguing analysis of the global, historical impulse of men and women - rich and also poor - to support artistic endeavour by means of patronage. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: Babylon, China, art, patronage View more info

Hardback, 240mm x 157mm brown cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xii prelims, 235+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Good/Fair. Book has been well read, now bumped and grubby around edges, some foxing to block edges, differential fading to endpapers. Dustwrapper (now protected) is worn and grubby from handling with chipping and loss around edges, some light stains also, front flap clipped. Excellent guide to the life and work of an eighteenth century... View more info

Paperback, 260mm x 206mm , 233+pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good +/NoWrapper. Large-scale paperback has been read, spine scuffed and colour faded but not creased on edge, only on join at front and rear. Block clean and unmarked. Book-length catalogue for a major exhibition of objects of the English rococo - from porcelain to furniture. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: England, rococo, exhibition, Hogarth... View more info

Paperback, 280mm x 215mm red , 137pp. Colour illustrations.Good +++/Good +. Paperback is not new but no obvious imperfections. Just a little creasing to spine edges. Dustwrapper has spine faded and frayed at ends, some evidence of handling. Catalogue for a major 1988 exhibition of Old Master paintings from artists on both sides of the Alps. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: Old Master, art, Caravaggio, Weyden View more info

Hardback, 274mm x 226mm black decorated boards, 107pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Jimmy Graham. Good +++/NoWrapper. Spien and boards bumped with a little scuffing and faint marking here and there, differential fading to endpaers, pages nice and clean. Cartoon images and verses of life as a POW in Germany during WW2. Catalogue: Art. Keywords: Germany, war, POW, camp This book is unusually heavy or large and may attract a higher postage charge t... View more info

Hardback, 234mm x 171mm cream and brown card boards over cloth spine, gilt titles, first edition, 96pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Good +++/. Spien and boards bumped, some markingts to boards around bottom edges, faint foxing to endpapers and book has been read. However, the 48 full-page, full-colour plates which make up the substance of the book are all bright, clean and unmarked. German-language collection of great German paintin... View more info